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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

Help clubs to adapt before more stripping more pokies from Canberra, major review says

Stripping more poker machines from Canberra's clubs before they are supported to overhaul their businesses risks hollowing out the community sector and forcing them to shut, a major review of the industry says.

ClubsACT chief executive Craig Shannon. Inset: Gaming Minister Marisa Paterson Picture by Keegan Carroll, Karleen Minney

But a recommended four-stage, 20-year transition plan to "a smaller, more sustainable sector" said more needed to be done now to address gambling harm from poker machines.

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